Painting-machine.



B. W. AUGUSTINE.

PAINTING'MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 14, I900.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

BERNARD WM. AUGUSTINE, or ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

PAINTING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 656,080, dated August 14, 1900. Application filed August 4, 1899. Serial No. 726,182. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD WM. Acous- TINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county'of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Painting- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and practice the same.

This invention relates to improvements in painting-machines, and more particularly to graining-machines.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, slightly enlarged andpartly in section, of the squeegee and brush-holder for filling the grain of the graining-board. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the guides with which the holder is provided. 7

The object which the present invention has in view is to reproduce accurately a grain taken from one board and impressed upon another board.

\Vith this object in View the invention consists in mounting a table upon which. the grain-board may be placed and upon which the board to be treated is also placed,in mounting on asuperstructure a traveling roller the circumference of which is equal to the length of the boardto be treated, in providing the roller with suitable means whereby it maybe moved across the board to be treated, and in providing on a table a suitable means whereby after each operation the roller may be thoroughly cleansed.

It further consists in a simplified mechanism whereby the roller may be put into operation and removed therefrom.

In constructing this machine in accordance with this invention a framework is built upon the uprights A? These are connected by the stringers A at the top and A at the bottom. The stringers A support the metal tracks A upon which the carriage for the roller travels. The carriage consists of the side pieces B B, which are connected and braced crosswise and rest between the uprights A and are provided with rollers B mounted in stirrup roller.

fashion upon them. The rollers B constitute the supports for the frame for carrying the graining-roller. Depending from each of the side pieces B are depending guide extensions B B in which the sliding block B is contained. At the bottom of the sliding.

block B journals are provided for the graining-roller B The blocks B are connected crosswise between the frame of the machine by the brace 13". The graining-roller B is constructed of wood or any suitable material and is provided with a surface 13 similar in composition to that which forms a printers This composition is adapted to take up what is known in the painting art as a filler. The roller 13 as before indicated, is constructed of a diameter which will produce a circumferential dimension equal to the length of the boards to be treated. The lower ends of the extensions 13 are properly braced, as shown in the drawings at Fig. 1. The sliding blocks, as before stated, are connected by the cross-piece B, which is suitably connected to the short ends of the levers B which are pivotally mounted upon the rods 13. They are also provided with counterbalancing-weights B B These weights partially counterbalance the weight of the roller B and the blocks B and the cross-piece B.

In the side of the sliding block 13 there is provided a notch to receive the latch B This latch falls into position when the roller B is raised, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. By means of its handle it is released to permit the roller to fall into its operative position and also to permit it to be lowered into the cleaning-tank, as shown in dotted lines at Fig. 1. When it is not desired to operate the machine, it is locked in position by means of the latch E by which it is held steadily at the end of the frame.

The tank 0 is provided to contain kerosene or any other suitable cleaning fluid. After each ,operation-that is, after each board has been treated-the roller B is returned to, the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and is lowered into the tank 0, as shown in the dotted lines. This is accomplished by releasing the latch 13 and raising the long ends of the levers B In this position they will 'lower the roller 13 to the tank 0. When in its lowered position, the roller is rotated by means of the handle 13*, which is mounted rigidly upon the shaft of the roller.

The surface of the roller is cleaned by throwing the squeegee 0 against the surface of the roller by means of the handle C on the side of the frame. This squeegee removes all of the filler from the surface of the roller. It is then ready to be raised into the position as shown in Fig. 1 and is also ready to receive another impression from the graining-board.

The graining-board D is mounted upon the cross-pieces D which extend between the stringers A of the frame. It is secured firmly in position. This graining-board may be previously treated to render the pores open; but in the majority of instances I find that with this machine a board that is planed and smoothed as it comes from the mill will receive the filler sulficiently to transmit it to the roller B The filler I apply very profusely in front of the brush E. In the same frame holding the brush E is mounted a squeegee E (See Fig. 3 of drawings.) The brush E spreads the filler over the surface of the board, while the squeegee drives it into the grain and removes the surface surplus. The side pieces E of this brush-holding frame are 1ongitudinally slotted on their outer faces, as at E and in these slots fit small guide-rails X, which are provided on the side of the stringers A In the usual operation I carry the brush-holder E from the position shown in Fig. 1 forward to the end of the graining-board. Then by raising it out of the slot E I reverse it, placing it in the companion slot E, inclined to the opposite direction. Then I carry the holder back to the position at the end of the graining-board as shown in Fig. 1. By so doing I spread the filler very evenly in the grain of the graining-board D. The roller B having been perfectly cleansed, as described, and the grain in the graining-board D having been thus filled, I pass the roller B forward over the graining-board, allowing the weight of the roller to rest upon the grainiug-board. I find that the surface B will pick up the filler from the grain of the graining-board very much after the style by which the ink is transferred from an engraving-plate. W'hen arrived at the farther end of the grainiug-board, the roller B is raised out of contact with the graining-board and may be returned to the end of the frame from which it was first started. The side pieces F, which are hinged to the stringers A, are now thrown forward into position. The pegs F support the inner side of these boards F. These boards F are intended to form a table to receive the board G to be treated. The board to be treated is laid upon the platform formed by the swinging boards F. In this positionv the roller B is permitted to rest upon it with its full weight and is carried forward to roll over the board. It will be found that the impression or the filler which has been extracted from the pores of the graining-board D will now be transferred to the board G which is being treated. After having been passed over once, it will be found that the grain has been imprinted upon the board to betreated. The roller B is then returned to its original position, as shown in Fig. 1, over the tank 0, to be cleansed by the operation hereinbefore described. The side pieces F are then thrown back and the operation is repeated. The filler is placed upon the graining-board and transferred to the roller, the pieces F are then thrown forward in position, the board to be treated is then placed upon the platform formed by the pieces F, and the grain is imprinted on the board by the roller B as described. This operation is repeated upon successive boards, which are thus impressed with a grain as received from the graining-board. A new graining-board may be substituted from time to time.

With a machine constructed in accordance with this invention it will be found that the exact impression of the grain will be transferred from one board to another. In fact in the event of inlaid-work Iain able to trans mit the various grains of the various pieces so inlaid.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is 1. In a painting-machine, a frame, a roller traveling upon guides upon said frame, said roller having a surface adapted to pick up a wood-filler,supports upon said frame for holding in the path of the roller a board to receive the filler, and additional supports upon said frame to hold the board to be treated above the said board to receive the filler, said additional supports being movable whereby they can be moved out of the path of travel of the roller; substantially as described.

2. In a painting-machine, a frame, a roller traveling upon guides upon said frame, said roller having a surface adapted to pick up a wood -filler, supports upon said frame for holding in the path of the roller a board to receive the filler, and additional supports hinged to the frame and adapted to be swung into and out of the path of the roller; substantially as described.

3. In a painting-machine, the combination with a roller having a surface adapted to pick up a wood-filler; of a carriage for said roller adapted to travel on a frame and having vertically-adjustable bearings for said roller; a frame having guides for said carriage and adapted to hold a board to receive the filler in the path of the said roller; and a removable platform to rest over the said board to hold the board to be treated'in the path of the said roller substantially as described.

4. In a painting-machine, a frame having stringers, a roller traveling upon guides upon said frame and above said stringers, the path of travel of the said roller being between said stringers, supports upon said stringers for the board to receive the filler, and additional supports upon said stringers for the board to be treated; substantially as described.

5. In a painting-machine, a frame having stringers, a roller traveling upon guides upon said frame and above said stringers, the path of travel of the said roller being between said stringers, cross-pieces between said stringers adapted to support the board to receive the filler, and additional supports hinged to said stringers and adapted to be swung into and out of the path of the roller to support above the first-mentioned board the board to be treated; substantially as described.

6. In a painting-machine, aframe, supports thereonfor the board to be painted, guides upon said frame in proximity to said supports, a brush-supporting frame having reciprocation along said guides, oppositely-in clined brush-supports upon said frame, and a brush having removable engagement with one set of said supports and adapted to fit either of said sets; substantially as described.

7. In a painting-machine, a frame,supports thereon for the board to be painted, guides upon said frame in proximity to said supports, brush-frame side pieces movable along said guides, and a brush adapted to extend between said side pieces and engage the same, whereby said brush connects the side pieces to cause them to move together; substantially as described.

8. A brush for painting-machines and th like comprising a holder, a brush thereon, and a squeegee thereon in rear of the brush; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of July, 1899.

BERNARD WM. AUGUSTINE, Witnesses E. F. MURDOCK, GEORGE F. HATTON. 

